Jean-Claude Dreyfus


Jean-Claude Dreyfus is a French actor, comedian and author.
He began his career in film acting in 1973 in the film Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard. Dreyfus is notable for his portrayal of the butcher and main antagonist in the black comedy Delicatessen by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He collaborated again with Jeunet and actor Dominique Pinon in the films The City of Lost Children and A Very Long Engagement.

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Theater

YearTitleAuthorDirectorNotes
1976L'ÉchangePaul ClaudelAnne Delbée
1977Nuova ColoniaLuigi PirandelloAnne Delbée
1978Les gens déraisonnables sont en voie de disparitionPeter HandkeClaude Régy
1979Les Fausses ConfidencesPierre de MarivauxJacques Lassalle
1980Un dimanche indécis dans la vie d'AnnaJacques LassalleJacques Lassalle
1981BentMartin ShermanPeter Chatel
1983Hôtel Jawat et de la PlageChristine AlbanelAndré Oumansky
1983LuluFrank WedekindAndré Engel
1985The MisanthropeMolièreAndré Engel
1986Six Characters in Search of an AuthorLuigi PirandelloJean-Pierre Vincent
1986As IsWilliam M. HoffmanGérard Vergez
1988Strange InterludeEugene O'NeillJacques Rosner
1989Ruy BlasVictor HugoJacques Rosner
1990Le Chant du départIvane DaoudiJean-Pierre Vincent
1990La NonaRoberto CossaGérard VergezNominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
1991Ornifle ou le Courant d'airJean AnouilhPatrice Leconte
1997Derrière les collinesJean-Louis BourdonJean-Louis Bourdon
1998Hygiene and the AssassinAmélie NothombDidier LongNominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
1998Mother Courage and Her ChildrenBertolt BrechtYves Pignot
2005Pour ceux qui restentPascal ElbéCharles Berling
2008RéceptionSerge VallettiChristophe Correia
2009-11Le Mardi à MonoprixEmmanuel DarleyMichel DidymNominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
Nominated - Molière Award for Best Actor
2010Périphéries HumainesEuryale Collet-BarqueroZmorda Chkimi
2011-13Dreyfus-DevosRaymond DevosChristophe Correia
2012Viva la VidaPierre Tré-HardyPierre Tré-Hardy
2013L'InondationÉmile Zola
2014La Trahison d'EinsteinÉric-Emmanuel SchmittSteve Suissa
2015Le Chant des oliviersMarilyne BalAnne Bouvier

Filmography